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AEA Morocco | “Bismillah” — Food, Drink, + Cultural Ties

Program Description:
Focus on Morocco’s culinary traditions, herbs, spices, and specialties from the Southwest. Includes academic readings, homestays, and basic language instruction (recommended but not required).

Program Includes

  • 6 nights in 3-star hotel or homestay
  • Daily meals
  • English-speaking staff
  • Daily bottled water
  • Private bus transfers
  • Local language instruction
  • 5 site visits
  • 5 cooking & tea workshops
  • 4 cultural food seminars
  • 1 private musical performance

Itinerary

Day 1 – Agadir: Arrival, orientation, language instruction, welcome dinner with host families
Day 2 – Agadir: Language class, seminar on food & culture, market tour, Tajine Challenge, communal oven visit
Day 3-4 – Agadir & Amskroud: Visit argan oil cooperative, presentation on production, port visit, seminar on fishing economies, harira cooking
Day 5-6 – Agadir: Tea-making at youth center, couscous & hand-rolling activity
Day 7 – Agadir: Exchange with local students, collaborative cooking with Moroccans & Americans, closing dinner

Overview:
Hands-on food, drink, and cultural exchange program exploring Morocco’s culinary traditions with local communities oai_citation:5‡AEA_MOROCCO_bismillah_food.pdf.